Understanding the SDSF main panel

Regardless of how you invoke SDSF, the SDSF main panel uses a table layout, similar to all other SDSF tabular panels.

The main panel shows the command name, description, group, and status. You can scroll to view additional pages.

The SDSF main panel lists the panels that you are authorized to use, and the commands that display the panels. (A few panels are accessed with action characters instead of commands, and do not appear on the main panel.) The tabular panels have a fixed field, at the left, that does not move as you scroll right and left.

Tip: You can use the MENU command to return to the main panel from any tabular panel.

The SDSF main panel layout is as follows:

   Display  Filter  View  Print  Options  Search  Help                          
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 SDSF MENU V2R3    RSPLEX0G  RS86                        
  1 NP 2 NAME   3 Description      4 Group     5 Status                         
      DA       Active users             Jobs                                    
      I        Input Queue              Jobs                                    
      O        Output Queue             Output                                  
      H        Held output Queue        Output                                  
      ST       Status of jobs           Jobs                                    
      J0       Job zero                 JES      JES3 environment only          
      JG       Job groups               JES                                     
      SYM      System symbols           System                                  
      LOG      System log               Log                                     
      SR       System requests          Log                                     
      MAS      Members in the MAS       JES                                     
      JC       Job classes              JES                                     
      SE       Scheduling environments  WLM                                     
      RES      WLM resources            WLM                                     
      ENC      Enclaves                 WLM                                     
      PS       Processes                OMVS                                    
      SYS      System information       System                                  
      ENQ      Enqueues                 System                                  
      DYNX     Dynamic exits            System                                  
 COMMAND INPUT ===>                                      SCROLL ===> PAGE

You can scroll to view additional pages. The main panel shows the following rows:

1 iNPut

The ‘NP’ column means ‘iNPut’ field and the line commands are called ‘action characters’.

2 Command name

The SDSF main panel lists the panels that you are authorized to use, and the commands that display the panels.

3 Description

A brief description of the command.

4 Group

The SDSF tabular commands are organized by groups, which are defined by SDSF. The groups are shown in Table 1. You can sort the group column with the SORT GROUP command or filter them by using fast path select. For example, s * wlm.

Table 1. Main Panel Groups
Group	Panel
Devices	DEV, SMSG, SMSV
Jobs	AS, DA, I, ST
JES	INIT, JC, JES, JG, J0, MAS, PR, PROC, PUN, RDR, RM, RMA, SO, SP
Log	LOG, SR, ULOG
Memory	CSR, VMAP
Network	LINE, NA, NC, NODE, NS
Output	H, O
OMVS	BPXO, FS, PS
Sysplex	CFC, CFS, EMCS, ENQD, XCFM
System	APF, CK, DYNX, ENQ, ENQC, GT, LNK, LPA, LPD, PAG, PARM, SSI, SYM, SYS
WLM	ENC, RES, SE, REPC, RGRP, SRVC, WKLD, WLM

5 Status

The status value shows a reason why the command is not available, such as a subsystem restriction (for example, a JES3-only command when SDSF is running in a JES2 environment), or the command is not authorized. The reasons are:

JES2 environment only
JES3 environment only
JESx not active
Global not acceptable
Command not authorized

Panels available only from other panels

The following panels do not appear on the SDSF main panel and are available only by using action characters from other panels:

Table 2. Panels Available Only From Other Panels
Panel	Available From	Action Character
CKH Health Check History	CK	L
JC Job Module	DA, AS	JC
JD Job Device	AS, DA, I, INIT, NS and ST	JD
JDS Job Data Set	DA, I, ST, H and O	?
JM Job Memory	AS, DA, I, INIT, NS and ST	JM
JS Job Step	DA, H, I, O and ST	JS
JP Job Dependency	JG, I, and ST	JP
JY Job Delay	DA	JY
OD Output Descriptors	DA, H, I, JDS, O, and ST	Q
S Output Data Set	DA, I, O, H, ST, JG, JS	To view output formatted for a line-mode device, use the S action character. To invoke ISPF Browse or Edit, use the SB, SE, or SJ action characters.
CKPT JES checkpoint	JES	JC
JCM Job Class Members	JC (JES3 only)	I
JDD Job DDName	DA, I, ST, INIT, NS	JDD
JMO Job Memory Objects	DA, AS	JMO